Rear-Admiral Sir John Ross (1877-1856)

1 autograph letter, signed by Ross, 1839 (no.82); 1 autograph letter, signed, to Ross from Edward Sabine (1788-1883), 1818 (no.83); 1 autograph letter, signed, from John Franklin (1786-1847) to Captain Kater, describing a meeting with Ross and William Edward Parry (1790-1855) in Shetland before their departure on the Royal Navy's first Polar expedition of the nineteenth century, 1818 (no.84); published map showing coastline charted by Ross and his nephew and shipmate James Clark Ross (1800-1862) in their expedition of 1829-1833, 1834 (no.85); newspaper obituary of Ross, 1856 (no.86); pictures of Ross, one pencil and ink and one engraved, n.d. (nos.87-88).

1818-1856

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Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts